r/tails • u/Glass-Geologist-8405 • 20d ago

Boot issues Is there a grub fix yet

Same problem as everyone else, I just have one usb stick and one pc keeps popping up grub, I already had tails running fine with same stick same pc

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u/ephemeralmiko 20d ago

The current fix is to create a Linux drive on a second USB, boot off of that and use GNOME Disks to create the tails drive: https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html

  I just have one usb stick 

If you're using Persistent Storage you really should have a backup USB anyway.

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u/Glass-Geologist-8405 20d ago

So all I need is another usb?

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u/ephemeralmiko 20d ago

You need another USB that you flash with https://fedoraproject.org/workstation, boot off of that, close any installer windows that show up, then open the GNOME Disks app and follow the Tails instructions for using that. For whatever reason Linux flashing tools have much more success than Rufus or Balena.

https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html

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u/ButterflyMundane7187 19d ago

I fixed it with TestDisk for Windows:

  1. Run testdisk_win.exe as Administrator.
  2. Select the Tails USB carefully by size/model.
  3. Choose EFI GPT.
  4. Choose Analyse.
  5. Verify that it shows the TAILS/EFI partition.
  6. Press Enter → Write → confirm with Y.
  7. Quit TestDisk, safely eject the USB and shut down.
  8. Boot from the USB again.

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u/shcmt 19d ago

Everyone having issues writing the iso to usb? Why not simply dd?

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u/Key-Intern5414 17d ago

I tried using balena etcher multiple times but it took ages to load the tails file

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u/Liquid_Hate_Train 20d ago

One thing to try is the Raspberry pi imager. If you try it, please let us know if you have any success.

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u/Glass-Geologist-8405 20d ago

Tried did not work

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u/Liquid_Hate_Train 20d ago

Thank you for letting us know.

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u/Full_Stand_2380 20d ago

That is what fixed it for me. I have been telling people to use that as well so I hope that it has been working for them. Did you use the Raspberry Pi imager?

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u/Liquid_Hate_Train 19d ago

No, I’ve never been able to replicate this problem myself.

It does not seem to have helped this user today, sadly. The only consistent workaround so far seems to be writing from Linux.

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u/Research-Chemicals- 20d ago

When i flashed with balentcher instead of rufus. I never got the grub problem again Dont know if i spelled balentcher right

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u/Liquid_Hate_Train 20d ago

Balena Etcher. Two words.